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How to Root a Mango Seed
How to Root a Mango Seed. After a particularly delicious mango, many people decide that it would not be such a bad idea to have a mango tree of their own. And you can start with the mango you just enjoyed. Mango trees are almost embarrassingly easy to grow from seed. For the best results, root your mango seed first before planting it. This will...
After a particularly delicious mango, many people decide that it would not be such a bad idea to have a mango tree of their own. And you can start with the mango you just enjoyed. Mango trees are almost embarrassingly easy to grow from seed. For the best results, root your mango seed first before planting it. This will provide the moist conditions it needs to germinate and thrive.
Things You'll Need
Knife
Paper towel
Sandwich bag
Remove the seed from the fruit.
Rub the seed under water between your fingers to remove any clinging fruit.
Slit the seed along the thin side of it to break open the seed coat. Do not cut deeply enough to cut the seeds inside.
Wrap the seed in a moist paper towel.
Place the paper towel in a sandwich bag. Close the bag, but leave 1 inch of the lip unsealed to allow oxygen in.
Place the bag in a warm spot that receives indirect sunlight.
Re-moisten the paper towel as necessary. The seed will sprout a small root in three to four weeks.
Plant the mango seed when the root is roughly 1/2 inch long.
Tips & Warnings
The ideal mango seed to plant is a polyembryonic seed. These seeds grow true to type, meaning the fruit on the tree will look and taste like the fruit you planted. Non-polyembryonic mango seed will still germinate, but there is no way to tell what the fruit will look like. To be sure your seed is polyembryonic, purchase it from a nursery or seed catalogue.
Mango trees planted from seed take six to 10 years to produce fruit.
